Blackbird

In April 1986, following an attack on American soldiers in a Berlin disco, President Reagan ordered the bombing of Muammar Qaddafi’s terrorist camps in Libya. My duty was to fly over Libya and take photos recording the damage our F-111s had inflicted. Qaddafi had established a “line of death,” a territorial marking across the Gulf of Sidra, swearing to shoot down any intruder that crossed the boundary. On the morning of April 15, I rocketed past the line at 2,125 mph.

Blackbird

Any pilot who can read this without a tear is just an airplane driver. 


About Bill

Cat-lover, birder, pilot, poet, former lounge lizard, pauper, pagan, lifeguard, chauffeur and ex-cop martial artist turned pacifist addiction worker; pretty good husband, father, son, and brother, and a helluva friend. Trying to follow the Middle Path, one day at a time.
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